Jón Sigfússon

775 total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 523 citations indexed

About

Jón Sigfússon is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jón Sigfússon has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 523 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 6 papers in General Health Professions and 5 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Jón Sigfússon's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (5 papers), Community Health and Development (5 papers) and Health Policy Implementation Science (4 papers). Jón Sigfússon is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (5 papers), Community Health and Development (5 papers) and Health Policy Implementation Science (4 papers). Jón Sigfússon collaborates with scholars based in United States, Iceland and Chile. Jón Sigfússon's co-authors include Inga Dóra Sigfúsdóttir, Álfgeir L. Kristjánsson, John P. Allegrante, Ingibjörg Eva Þórisdóttir, Michael J. Mann, Bryndís Björk Ásgeirsdóttir, Thorhildur Halldorsdottir, Heiðdís Valdimarsdóttir, Þórólfur Þórlindsson and Christa L. Lilly and has published in prestigious journals such as Addiction, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology and The Lancet Psychiatry.

In The Last Decade

Jón Sigfússon

17 papers receiving 514 citations

Hit Papers

Depressive symptoms, mental wellbeing, and substance use ... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150 200
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Depressive symptoms, mental wellbeing, and substance use among adolescents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iceland: a longitudinal, population-based study
    2021 202 citations Ingibjörg Eva Þórisdóttir, Bryndís Björk Ásgeirsdóttir et al. The Lancet Psychiatry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jón Sigfússon United States 10 237 158 96 86 72 20 523
Juliana Y. Valente Brazil 14 210 0.9× 182 1.2× 179 1.9× 84 1.0× 64 0.9× 60 521
Gregor Burkhart Portugal 10 201 0.8× 238 1.5× 248 2.6× 77 0.9× 84 1.2× 35 577
Christopher Cambron United States 14 155 0.7× 191 1.2× 135 1.4× 46 0.5× 68 0.9× 34 534
John S. Briney United States 15 222 0.9× 408 2.6× 114 1.2× 64 0.7× 30 0.4× 25 685
Renita R. Glaser United States 6 288 1.2× 143 0.9× 102 1.1× 110 1.3× 70 1.0× 8 669
Micki Washburn United States 11 126 0.5× 137 0.9× 33 0.3× 54 0.6× 36 0.5× 56 405
Kathryn Higgins United Kingdom 15 249 1.1× 242 1.5× 240 2.5× 59 0.7× 29 0.4× 70 683
Laura Vogl Australia 11 189 0.8× 250 1.6× 326 3.4× 54 0.6× 147 2.0× 13 582
Yunting Zheng China 8 208 0.9× 92 0.6× 34 0.4× 73 0.8× 33 0.5× 23 604
Donald W. Helme United States 14 95 0.4× 150 0.9× 73 0.8× 125 1.5× 110 1.5× 41 549

Countries citing papers authored by Jón Sigfússon

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jón Sigfússon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jón Sigfússon

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Jón Sigfússon. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Jón Sigfússon based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Jón Sigfússon. Jón Sigfússon is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mann, Michael J., et al.. (2023). Preliminary impact of the adoption of the Icelandic Prevention Model in Tarragona City, 2015–2019: A repeated cross-sectional study. Frontiers in Public Health. 11. 1117857–1117857. 9 indexed citations
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Þórisdóttir, Ingibjörg Eva, Bryndís Björk Ásgeirsdóttir, Álfgeir L. Kristjánsson, et al.. (2021). Depressive symptoms, mental wellbeing, and substance use among adolescents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iceland: a longitudinal, population-based study. The Lancet Psychiatry. 8(8). 663–672. 202 indexed citations breakdown →
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Halldorsdottir, Thorhildur, Álfgeir L. Kristjánsson, Bryndís Björk Ásgeirsdóttir, et al.. (2020). A multi-level developmental approach towards understanding adolescent mental health and behaviour: rationale, design and methods of the LIFECOURSE study in Iceland. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 56(3). 519–529. 4 indexed citations
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Kristjánsson, Álfgeir L., Michael J. Mann, Jón Sigfússon, et al.. (2020). Implementación del Modelo Islandés para la Prevención del Uso del Sustancias en Adolescentes. Health Promotion Practice. 1 indexed citations
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Kristjánsson, Álfgeir L., Christa L. Lilly, Ingibjörg Eva Þórisdóttir, et al.. (2020). Testing risk and protective factor assumptions in the Icelandic model of adolescent substance use prevention. Health Education Research. 36(3). 309–318. 18 indexed citations
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Ásgeirsdóttir, Bryndís Björk, Álfgeir L. Kristjánsson, Jón Sigfússon, John P. Allegrante, & Inga Dóra Sigfúsdóttir. (2020). Trends in substance use and primary prevention variables among adolescents in Lithuania, 2006–19. European Journal of Public Health. 31(1). 7–12. 13 indexed citations
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Kristjánsson, Álfgeir L., Michael J. Mann, Jón Sigfússon, et al.. (2020). Principios Directrices y Desarrollo del Modelo Islandés para la Prevención del Uso de Sustancias en Adolescentes. Health Promotion Practice. 1 indexed citations
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Kristjánsson, Álfgeir L., John P. Allegrante, Jón Sigfússon, & Inga Dóra Sigfúsdóttir. (2019). Do population trends in adolescent electronic cigarette use coincide with changes in prevalence of cigarette smoking?. Preventive Medicine Reports. 15. 100913–100913. 2 indexed citations
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Kristjánsson, Álfgeir L., Michael J. Mann, Jón Sigfússon, et al.. (2019). Development and Guiding Principles of the Icelandic Model for Preventing Adolescent Substance Use. Health Promotion Practice. 21(1). 62–69. 59 indexed citations
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Kristjánsson, Álfgeir L., Michael J. Mann, Jón Sigfússon, et al.. (2019). Implementing the Icelandic Model for Preventing Adolescent Substance Use. Health Promotion Practice. 21(1). 70–79. 47 indexed citations
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Kristjánsson, Álfgeir L., et al.. (2017). Prevalence of e-cigarette use among adolescents in 13 Eastern European towns and cities. Public Health. 147. 66–68. 11 indexed citations
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Kristjánsson, Álfgeir L., Inga Dóra Sigfúsdóttir, Þórólfur Þórlindsson, et al.. (2015). Population trends in smoking, alcohol use and primary prevention variables among adolescents in Iceland, 1997–2014. Addiction. 111(4). 645–652. 69 indexed citations
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Kristjánsson, Álfgeir L., Inga Dóra Sigfúsdóttir, Jón Sigfússon, & John P. Allegrante. (2013). Self-Generated Identification Codes in Longitudinal Prevention Research with Adolescents: A Pilot Study of Matched and Unmatched Subjects. Prevention Science. 15(2). 205–212. 11 indexed citations
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Kristjánsson, Álfgeir L., Jón Sigfússon, Inga Dóra Sigfúsdóttir, & John P. Allegrante. (2013). Data Collection Procedures for School‐Based Surveys Among Adolescents: The Youth in Europe Study. Journal of School Health. 83(9). 662–667. 68 indexed citations
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Kristjánsson, Álfgeir L., et al.. (2012). Ungt fólk 2012 : menntun, menning, íþróttir, tómstundir, hagir og líðan nemenda í 8., 9. og 10. bekk grunnskóla.
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Sigfúsdóttir, Inga Dóra, et al.. (2011). Ungt fólk 2010 : framhaldsskólanemar. 1 indexed citations
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Guðmundsdóttir, Berglind, et al.. (2010). The Nordic Youth Research 2010 : A comparative research among 16 to 19 year old students in the Åland Islands, Denmark, The Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. 1 indexed citations
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Guðmundsdóttir, Berglind, et al.. (2009). Ungt fólk 2009 : 8., 9. og 10 bekkur : menntun, menning, tómstundir, íþróttaiðkun og framtíðarsýn ungmenna á Íslandi. 1 indexed citations
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Kristjánsson, Álfgeir L., et al.. (2006). Ungt fólk 2006 : menntun, menning, tómstundir og íþróttaiðkun ungmenna á Íslandi : rannsókn meðal nemenda í 9. og 10. bekk grunnskóla vorið 2006. 1 indexed citations

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